Hawtree Creek

{{short description|Tidal creek in Queens, New York}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

File:Howard Beach 1 by David Shankbone.jpgHawtree Creek is a small saltwater creek that empties into Jamaica Bay in Queens, New York. The creek separates the neighborhoods of Hamilton Beach and Howard Beach.{{cite Hidden Waters NYC|pages=165-168}}

In the early 1900s, a canal was dug at the southern end of the creek to create Hawtree Basin.{{cite news |title=Prices Aren’t Supersonic; the Planes Aren’t Either |first=C. J. |last=Hughes |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/25/realestate/25LIVING.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 25, 2007 |access-date=2010-04-23}} During colonial times, fishermen would build fishing shacks along its banks.